Charity hopes to strike gold at fundraising event
annual vintage working weekend to help Marie Curie celebrate 60th anniversary
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A DIAMOND jubilee charity is hoping to strike gold at a fundraising event this weekend.
Marie Curie will be the main beneficiary from the fifth annual vintage working weekend at the BA Country Store, at Lyne of Skene.
Visitors to this year’s event will be able to pan for gold alongside the usual line-up of vintage vehicles and farming scenes from years gone by. Michael Jamieson, community fundraising manager for Marie Curie in north-east Scotland, went along to BA Stores yesterday to try his hand.
The charity is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year and Mr Jamieson said he was delighted to be associated with such a popular event on the rural calendar.
“All of the money raised will go towards providing high-quality home nursing care in the north-east, so it’s a great example of a local event raising money for local people,” he added.
Other highlights at the event on Saturday and Sunday will include working steam engines, a threshing mill, steam-driven saw bench, tattie picking and Clydesdale horses.
A car boot sale and auto-jumble will be available, alongside stalls selling bric-a-brac, clothing, home bakes etc in aid of Marie Curie.
A packed programme of children’s activities, including a pirates’ treasure hunt, is also being laid on.
The venue, on the B977 road 13 miles north-west of Aberdeen, opens at 9am each day and the entertainment starts at 11am. Admission is £5 for adults, £4 for OAPs and £2 for children, and some of the proceeds will also go to local charities.
Marie Curie employs a team of about 60 nurses in the north-east to provide high-quality, free nursing care and give terminally-ill cancer patients the choice of dying at home, supported by their families.
Between March 2006 and March 2007, the charity provided 20,000 hours of care to 219 patients in this area.
As it celebrates its diamond anniversary, it is expanding its work to provide end-of-life care to patients with a wide range of other conditions, such as motor neurone disease or heart failure.
Anyone who would like to support the work of Marie Curie in the north-east should phone 01224 647221.
